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Post by me again on Feb 24, 2005 18:16:38 GMT
puter keeps turning itself off all together since I loaded tiger woods pga tour 2005, which I got from e bay!!! what is happening, help!!!
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Post by NHH on Feb 25, 2005 0:19:20 GMT
The first things I would suggest is to make sure you have the latest drivers installed for your graphics & sound cards. Driver problems are the most common cause of a Windows XP total system failure. By default Windows XP is set to restart when a system failure occurs, I suggest disabling the automatic restart on system failure, instead of rebooting you'll be presented with a blue screen with some information on what caused the failure, often referred either as a 'Stop Error' or a 'BSOD' ( Blue Screen Of Death). To do this do the following... - Hold down the 'Windows Key' & press the 'Pause/Break' key (this will open 'System Properties').
- Click on the Advanced tab.
- In the 'System Failure section, untick the 'Automatically Restart' tick box.
- Click the OK buttons.
Usually the most instantly relevent information on a Windows XP BSOD is the line that LOOKS_LIKE_THIS just below where it says... ' A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.' Some more information on BSOD's |
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Post by me again on Feb 25, 2005 2:05:15 GMT
did that got half blue screen saying physical dumb and contact server!!! getting worse, at leats it just shut down but now techical stuff!
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Post by NHH on Feb 25, 2005 9:31:44 GMT
Yes but the point of the BSOD is that it gives you some info on what caused the problem....
So what does it say?.. Is it Windows XP?
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